Air bubble-initiated biofabrication of freestanding, semi-permeable biopolymer membranes in PDMS microfluidics

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-9

  Luo, Xiaolong ^a,c   Wu, Hsuan Chen ^b   Betz, Jordan ^c   Rubloff, Gary W ^c   Bentley, William E ^b,c  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering Catholic University of America ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Biofabrication; Chitosan; Membrane; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; BIOMOLECULES; CHITOSAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MEMBRANES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFILTRATION; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SILICONES;

BIOFABRICATION; FUNCTIONAL MEMBRANES; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; OPPOSITELY CHARGED POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES; SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

ALGINIC ACID; BIOPOLYMER; CHITOSAN; DIMETICONE; HYDROXYL GROUP; NANOSPHERE; POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYSACCHARIDE; WATER;

AIR; AIR BUBBLE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATERIAL STATE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; THICKNESS;

EID: 84903757395     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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